The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05

mountain the Passover I asked their leader
believed onlv in the Samarisan Pentateuch. and
rejected all the other Scriptures, Old and New
Testament I said: What then. will become
of the other ], 399 999 SAT of mankindF Lost,
he said, s.unless they believe as we do" 1 told
him that was hard LOT for them he SAID ls
was M och the worse for them, and Tat they
must come over to the 153 If they would be
saved This il intolerance for you, with ven-
geance.
Idon't want to be misunderstood in this mat
ter | boldly assert, without fear OF successful
contradiction that this broad and liberal view
of the church here upou earth 10 the traditional
the historical, the correct view, and that the op-
posite view of ostracising those who are of our
own faith. and afiliating with those whose
mediev val errors. superstitions and corruptous
mark them as enemies OF pure and primitive
aud false. Let this rather be our motto: 's1race
be with all them that love the Lord Jesus Christ
in sincerity"
lido NOT mean to quarrel With anyone who dis-
fers from me upon these ail-important points Of
our holy religion, although perfectly willing
and quite ready to discuss them with anyone
and before any possible tribunal. convinced that
the preponderant righteousness of my cause
will outweigh anyones larger Intellectual
dowment and equipment
atm tired of hearing my brethren of the same
faith and worship. cooly and supercihouly as
sert, in the church papers. in the pulpits. in
cial circles, that the large majority of our Chris
tian communities are in mortal sin because they
do not adhere to polity whose cardinal points
are an historic episcopate and three-fold minis.
try, and that by such non adherence they are
relocated by all-merciful God to His 'uucoT-
enRnted mercies.n
Some persons in orr church as have already
said, have lately i'll ustrated 'scraze" for elm-
mating the word protestant from her legal III
tle What does this signify, bat that her i'll -ad-
visers would cast her adrift from the staunch
Protestant mornings within which reformers and
martyrs have anchored her. and abandon her to
the tender mercies of her adversariesl
Some others have shown great zeal for what
they call church unity. What is this, upon its
fnRA h1Y art adj 1aC pa
tenets and practices. and away from all the
cherished doctrines and practices Of all Prot
estants.. who comprise. by the way. very
large. though quiet. proportion OF our own
church people as well as almost the very warp
and wool OF the earnest, active, living Christian
ity all about usl Since then this Protestant
element is SO large and important. and spiritual
~ prosperous. shall not we Episcopaliaus &C
knowledge them, and accord to them the recog-
milton which their and our Lord SO fully accords
them2 Shall il any longer be our rsproach that
1.-THE Lord can stand good many people whom
we cannot standp And whom. the more we
know them the more we find to be very nice
and worthy. pious and devoted people, indeed.
Hadn't we better recognize them at once2
Suppose it should happen that they should
conclude not to recognize u.s. Then who would
be the more embarrassed and lonesomes They.
or wei
NV brethren, it actually makes me ashamed
to reflect that the decided trend OF our dear
church for the past twenty-five years has been
away from a cordial recognition of our Prostest-
ant brethren OF all names. and towards the
from them with disdain, and when uncontrolled
by the leavenng forces of modern civilization,
would hamper the freedom OF person. of mind,
and OF conscience which il the cardinal principle
and browning ornament Of all protestantism
and OF all progress
II these brethren received no evidences of the
divine approval; if the precious fruits of the
spirit were not poured ont upon them as freely
at least upon ourselves; il they were not
abundantlv blessed in their going ont and their
coming in, in their churches and their homes, in
their basket and their store, like if their bap-
tisms did not consecrate their subjects TO God,
and their marriages were unhappy and unfruit-
ful. and their funerals were a hollow mockery.
instead of an earnest and acceptable service, il
maledictious followed them to their stores. and
offices. aud homes, and graves, while benedic-
tions followed us-then might our exclusive fell
low-churchmen claim that there is method in
their madness. and logic in their ostracism OF
our Protestant brothers.
But until the occurrence OF such highly i'm
probable phenomena, let me-let us-be found
recognizing that ''God is respecter of per-
sons, but in every nation he that feareth Him
and worketh Righteousness is accepted of Him"
And let US vigorously protest against the mis-
representation of our beloved church. by either
dishonest or misguided men, who substitute
noisy defamation for argument and use bald
assertion Es cloak for their ignorance
Our Lords parable is in tho way, Of fulfill
ment His leaven has gone abroad the
whole earth. Modern civilization is both q
product of Christianity and certain sign of its
being answered every day by men drawing
closer together in the bonds of kindness and
brotherly love, aud large minded and large
hearted tolerance of each others views aud
charity for each others differences. He did not
pray for external unisv of the visible church,
and He destroyed such unity when il did exist
in utmost organic perfection. under His self
styled vIcegerent. in the dark ages. He said,
''Let there be- light" and the darkness was dis
peiied, and the visible unity was rent in sunder,
never to be restored.
But He did pray for the loving unity OF all hu-
man hearts in Him. and He Is answering the
prayer by drawing together, even in himself,
all who love Him and each other. Is is unity in
diversity which He is working out It is the
mutual love of brathren who, while agreeing in
unfeigned love for Him, yet differ infinitely
in it's manifestations, they differ in lam
euaRe. in dispositions. in personal appearance.
Our blessed Lord will not be palked in His pur-
pose to the whole race for whom He died
nor thwarted in the answer to His prayer The
leaven is working. working, and it must needs
work until it shall leaven the whole lump.
An angel has publicly proclaimed it, aud the
kingdoms of this world shall soon become the
kingdoms OF our Lord and OF His Christ, when the
knowledge and fear of the Lord shall cover the
earth the waters cover the sea. when all ma
tions and peoples. and tribes and tongues shall
be gathered oge,her in Him. and there shall be
one f1ock-not fold, but one dock-and one Shep-
herd.
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